
Eckhart on Compassion and Justice: A Summary
Eckhart practices what he preaches. He walks his talk as we would say today. Proof of this is to take a critical look at a
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Eckhart practices what he preaches. He walks his talk as we would say today. Proof of this is to take a critical look at a

It is telling that Eckhart, so often when he talks about compassion and justice, talks about it in the context of our work. Whether that

Eckhart continues his rich meditations on compassion and justice. Where justice is at work, you are at work, because you could not but do the

Eckhart warns us about what kills our work—and what enlivens it– when he says: In the just, nothing should work except God alone. For all

We have been meditating for weeks on a foundational question: What does it mean to be human? To answer the question, we have put on

We have been meditating on Eckhart’s profound teachings on the Yin dimension to Compassion, the mystical expression. Now let us consider his teachings of the

What if Eckhart is right, and the very meaning of “soul” is compassion? Soul then becomes a verb, a deed, more than a noun or a

In Eckhart’s Sermon, “The Soul as an Ocean,” he lays out profound teachings about compassion. He ends his sermon in search of the meaning of

One of the most moving sermons ever preached by Meister Eckhart is about the yin side of compassion. I call it: “Compassion is an Ocean—the

“Compassion means justice.” That is the ancient teaching about compassion. The prophets of Israel insisted on the union of compassion and justice, as does Meister
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